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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Steph Brawn

Renewed call from activists to improve access to late abortions in Scotland

THE SNP have been urged to ensure health boards in Scotland offer abortion care up to 24 weeks into pregnancy after the party’s politicians at Westminster abstained on a vote to introduce buffer zones south of the Border.

Last week, MPs supported proposals to introduce anti-protest safe access zones around abortion clinics and hospitals in England and Wales but the SNP group in the House of Commons opted to remain neutral.

The law does not apply in Scotland, where Green MSP Gillian Mackay is pursuing change at Holyrood.

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